Admissions Factors

Colleges That Consider Extracurriculars

137 of 150 colleges say they weigh extracurricular activities. 34 rate it very important and 13 do not consider it.

Not considered (13)

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Which colleges do not consider extracurricular activities?

13 of the 150 colleges here rate it "not considered": Arizona State University Campus Immersion, California State University-Long Beach, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi State University, Ole Miss, Penn State, San Diego State, San Jose State University, University of California-Riverside, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, University of South Florida, West Virginia.

Which colleges rate extracurricular activities as very important?

34 colleges: Amherst, Bates, Bowdoin, Carleton, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western, Claremont McKenna, College of William & Mary, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Duke, Emory, Florida, Haverford, Miami, Middlebury, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Pomona, Princeton, Rice, Rochester, Stanford University, Syracuse University, Texas A&M University-College Station, Tulane, UC Irvine, UIUC, UNC Chapel Hill, University of Chicago, Vanderbilt, Vassar, Yale University.

Each college's own Common Data Set, Section C (first-time, first-year admission). Last checked 2026-10-08. Each rating is the college’s own answer on its Common Data Set. Colleges that left the row blank are left out.